Wallarobba Shire

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CountryAustralia
Established7 March 1906 (1906-03-07)
Council seatDungog
Wallarobba Shire
Coordinates: 32°30′07″S 151°42′11″E / 32.502°S 151.703°E / -32.502; 151.703
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionHunter
Established7 March 1906 (1906-03-07)
Abolished1 July 1958 (1958-07-01)
Council seatDungog

Wallarobba Shire was a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Wallarobba Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.[1]

The shire office was in Dungog.[2] Towns and villages in the shire included East Gresford, Gresford, Clarence Town, Vacy, Salisbury, Torryburn, Martins Creek and initially Booral.[3][4]

Wallarobba Shire amalgamated with Municipality of Dungog to form Dungog Shire on 1 July 1958.[5]

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